Artist: Joni Mitchell
Track: Big Yellow Taxi
Lyrics
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
Hey, farmer, farmer
Put away the DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees, please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
I said, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
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Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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It's definitely about how we take not only people, but everything for granted. Even simple things like trees. We need to stop paving the world with parking lots ...
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They paved paradise. Put up a parking lot. With a pink hotel, a boutique. And a swinging hot spot. Don't it always seem to go
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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... Big Yellow Taxi Lyrics as written by Joni Mitchell. Lyrics © RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC. Lyrics powered by LyricFind. Big Yellow Taxi song meanings. Add ...
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3. View by: Highest Rated; Most Recent; Oldest First. General Comment. This is a cover. Joni Mitchell is the author of ...
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Joni Mitchell Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings! song lyrics, song ... Big Yellow Taxi · 36 · Big Yellow Taxi (2007) · 0 · Black Crow · 5 · Blonde In ...
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Joni is a magician. Absolute magic. What is true in small things, she finds parallels to bigger things. In "Big Yellow Taxi", she links the loss of the ...
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[Verse 1] / They paved paradise and put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot / [Chorus] / Don't it always seem to go / That you don't know what
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[Verse 1] / They paved paradise, put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot / [Chorus] / Don't it always seem to go / That you don't know what
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They paved paradise, put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hotspot / Don't it always seem to go / That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
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[Verse 1] / They paved paradise / And put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique / And a swinging hot spot / [Chorus] / Don't it always seem to go / That you don't know
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[Verse 1] / They paved paradise and put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot / [Chorus] / Don't it always seem to go / That you don't know what
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[Verse 1] / They paved paradise, they put up a parking lot / A pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot / Don't it always go to show / You never know what you got till it's
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[Verse 1] / Paved paradise and put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot / [Chorus] / Don't it always seem to go / That you don't know what you'
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[Intro] / Ooh, ooh / [Verse 1] / They paved paradise / Put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel / A boutique, and a swingin' hot spot / [Chorus] / Don't it always seem to go / That
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[Verse 1] / They paved paradise and put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot / [Chorus] / Don't it always seem to go / That you don't know what
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Mmm mamamama / Mmm mamamama / They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel and a boutique and a swingin' hot spot / Don't it always seem to go / That you don't
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